To make a donation to the Cherry & Webb Gallery fundraiser, visit http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/re...

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How to donate to the Cherry & Webb Gallery

To make a donation to the Cherry & Webb Gallery fundraiser, visit http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/reopen-the-cherry-webb-art-gallery. Donations in all amounts will be accepted. Gifts will be given to those who donate $25, $100, $500 or $1,000. Donations can also be made by check, made to the GFRAA / Cherry & Webb Art Gallery, 80 Belmont Street, Fall River, MA 02720. For more information, call 508-673-7212.

The Cherry & Webb Gallery, 139 S. Main St., closed in November when it lost its funding from Dominion, the owner of the Brayton Point Power Station, when the plant was sold.

The announcement to reopen the gallery came earlier this month. The space, owned by the Fall River Office of Economic Development, will be leased for free to the Greater Fall River Art Association. The association will run the downtown site in addition to its gallery at 80 Belmont St.

Perry C. Long, director and chief service officer of the Office of Neighborhood Development & Outreach at Government Center, and Mayor Will Flanagan sought out the Art Association to run the Cherry & Webb Gallery.

The Cherry & Webb Gallery was open for a decade on the main floor of the former department store for which it is named. It offered exhibits by local and regional artists, art opening nights, and an annual children's festival.

An Art Association members exhibit will kick-off the Cherry & Webb Gallery's opening.